Overtime
Overtime, or “OT,” is an opinion column series where The Collegian takes national sports headlines or polarizing topics and gives them a Butler-centric angle.
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OT: Women’s home court advantage in March Madness
“If any team wants to upset a one through four seed in the women’s tournament, they have to do so on that team’s home floor with a packed arena of fans cheering against them.”
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OT: What is the best league in the world?
“There is so much more to making a league the best in the world than just the success of its clubs”
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OT: Blaming referees is a weak argument
“Fans, clubs and players resort to the victim mentality since it is easier to scapegoat the referees than to own up to a team’s mistakes.”
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OT: NCAA Tournament expansion is misguided
“‘I just don’t understand why you would want to touch something and try to affect something everyone loves. Let’s just leave it how it is.”’
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OT: The appeal of TGL
“I just think team sports appeal more to me and it’s more fun to see people working together, especially a game that’s so individual, but they find ways to help each other out.”
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OT: Are football schools becoming basketball schools?
National Player of the Year frontrunner Johni Broome led Auburn to a win over Alabama with 19 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. Photo courtesy of AL.com. BROCK DANAHEY | STAFF REPORTER | bldanahey@butler.edu Overtime, or “OT,” is an opinion column series where the Collegian takes national sports headlines or polarizing topics and gives them…
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OT: NBA regular season is boring
“The decline in viewership has been a culmination of badly managed aspects of the game in reality, the NBA have only themselves to blame.”
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OT: We are a dance school
“Many students have dubbed Butler to be a basketball school, and while this is true, its dance programs — Butler Ballet included — remain some of the best in the nation … So, is Butler really a basketball school or can everyone finally see it for what it is — a dance school?”
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OT: Too many games
“FIFA and UEFA’s financial interests and greed come at the expense of players’ health and performance quality.”